Abstract

Structural lightweight design has attracted growing attention. However, most studies have ignored the impact of lightweight design on the location of mass centres, which is an important factor affecting the dynamic performance of structures. This article proposes a structural optimization method for thin-walled parts to achieve both mass centre control and lightweight design. First, mass centre and volume are taken as the constraints for structural optimization, and a mathematical model for multi-constrained topology optimization is developed. Secondly, a dimensionality reduction method based on a 3D spatial filter is introduced for the optimization of thin-walled parts. The maximum error between the mass centre of the optimized structure and the target mass centre is only 1.03%, which indicates that the method has high accuracy in mass centre control. Numerical analysis shows that adjusting the mass centre can achieve regulation of the moment of inertia and can also suppress flutter.

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